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Paging

In plain terms

Managing memory in fixed-size blocks called pages.

Going deeper

Paging divides memory into fixed-size pages mapped between virtual and physical memory, enabling efficient, isolated memory use. It underpins virtual memory.

Under the hood

Page tables map virtual to physical pages; a page fault fetches missing pages from disk.

Examples

Virtual memory, page tables, page faults, memory management, swapping.

Think of it like...

Like organizing storage into uniform boxes that can be swapped in and out as needed.

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